We are asking people who know about heritage assets to fill in our online form to capture as much information as possible.
Heritage assets can range from stories and recipes, to photos, documents, buildings, bridges and natural environment. See our full list of categories.
“We don’t define heritage. We ask you to tell us what you think is important and should be preserved.
... heritage can be anything from the past that you value and want to pass on to future generations.”
Heritage Lottery Fund
To tell us about your Heritage Asset in Medway:
If you have any questions, please email hello@rmresearch.uk
We are reaching out to people with links to the heritage sector in Medway, either in a voluntary or paid capacity.
There are a number of ways you might be able to help us.
You may be able to:
All or some of those would be really useful.
When you tell us about your heritage asset, to say thank you, we’ll enter you in the Prize Draw.
One lucky winner will have the choice of:
The draw will take place in early February 2025 and we will contact the winner.
We are undertaking this task to:
Medway Council are keen to uncover heritage which may have been missed in the past, both tangible and intangible, and understand the health of the local heritage sector,
The information about heritage assets will be used in a Heritage Asset Database shared with Medway Council, supporting a new Heritage Strategy.
In the future, a group may be created to manage that Strategy. Information about assets will be shared on a Heritage Asset Map for Medway. This will be shared with everyone who wants to find out more about heritage in the area.
The Heritage Assets Map is in production – a demo of it is shown here. Please tell us about your heritage asset to have it included on the map.
A full list of the categories being used in the Audit is available to show what it covers.
Medway is one of nine places who will benefit from £200 million pounds of investment from the National Heritage Lottery Fund ‘Heritage Places Initiative’.
The Initiative is a long-term partnerships with towns and cities across the UK as part of a 10-year journey to help places thrive by unlocking the potential of their heritage. This is designed to respond to local need and opportunity, support places to use heritage to build pride in place, inspire local communities and power regeneration.
With this in mind, Medway Council is keen to build up a picture of the heritage assets and the sector in Medway – to understand the opportunities and the challenges, and learn what is needed for the future.
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We partner with organisations to make evaluations and strategies work better – to help them challenge the norm, ask why, and reimagine the future.
